Dividing Lines
Rob Eshman
November 20, 2003
About two miles northwest of Bethlehem, Israel\’s much-discussed security fence comes to an end — not with a bang but with a whimper.
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The DeLay Factor and the Jews
James D. Besser
September 25, 2003
The recent clamor over Howard Dean\’s demand for U.S. \”evenhandedness\” in the Middle East was sweet music to the ears of Jewish Republicans, who hope 2004 will be a watershed in their long but frustrating effort to rally Jewish voters to their cause.
When Intelligence Falls Short
Dore Gold
September 11, 2003
The overwhelming evidence from statements by the PLO leadership was that it viewed the Oslo process as a tactical necessity to realize its ultimate strategic goal of recovering the entire territory of British Mandatory Palestine — including the area of Israel.
Ten Years After Oslo
Leslie Susser
September 11, 2003
When Oslo was signed, Labor leaders Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres were careful not to commit themselves to Palestinian statehood for fear of sparking a public outcry. Now, 10 years later, over 60 percent of Israelis — including Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of the Likud — back the two-state solution.
Most State Aid Goes for Public Programs
Tom Tugend
August 14, 2003
\”We now tax Californians 2.7 cents per capita for all public art support,\” Paul Minicucci said, noting that in Canada, which has 4 million fewer residents than California, the National Arts Council has a budget of $660 million. He said similar figures for European nations are \”simply off the charts.\”
Iraq War Not Just Means to Just End
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
February 27, 2003
A war will also take hundreds of billions of dollars from America\’s own people — from health care for our seniors, schools for our children, healing for the earth. An attack on Iraq will increase the unaccountable power of the oil companies and regimes that have provided money to both the Al Qaeda terrorists and the Bush administration, that have corrupted American politics and robbed American stockholders, that befoul the seas and scorch the earth.
The Need for Campus Activism
Roz Rothstein
February 13, 2003
Sadly, even though most Americans remain supportive of Israel, there is abundant evidence that in academia, opposition to Israel\’s policies has mutated into attacks that demonize the Jewish State, undermine its legitimacy and foment anti-Semitism. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reports that \”campus anti-Semitic incidents were up dramatically in 2002.\”
Cal Keeps Class, Yanks Description
Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
October 3, 2002
"Since the inception of the Intifada in September of 2000, Palestinians have been fighting for their right to exist.
A Confident Failure
Larry Derfner
August 15, 2002
Talk about cognitive dissonance. The mood in Israel may never have been so hopeless, the indices of quality of life may never have pointed so sharply downward, and yet the calmest, most content person in the country appears to be Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Slackers No More
Michael Aushenker
February 15, 2001
What\’s the difference between ignorance and apathy? The answer to the old joke — "I don\’t know and I don\’t care" — has often been used to define young Americans of the past decade.
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